largest provider of telecommunications services in the world, as measured by the total number of subscribers,[1] with approximately 946 million mobile customers worldwide as of March 2020.[2] China Mobile reported a 2019 operating revenue of $107 billion, of which approximately 90 percent came from telecommunications services.[3]
Outside of China, China Mobile operates through its subsidiary, China Mobile International.[4] China Mobile USA, a subsidiary of China Mobile International, was registered in Delaware in May 2011; it maintains offices in New York and California.[5]
On September 1, 2011, China Mobile USA applied for Section 214 authorization to provide international facilities-based and resale services between the United States and all international points, including China.[6] China Mobile USA planned to provide a variety of international services, including international interexchange services, international private line circuits, and mobile virtual network operator services, as well as data center and cloud services, for which no
- ↑ Id.; In the Matter of China Mobile Int'l (USA) Inc., FCC No. 19-38, 34 FCC Red 3361, n.12 (May 10, 2019); China Mobile Closing Down 3G System, Complete Switch-Off Expected by 2020, Telegeography (Mar. 11, 2019), https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2019/03/11/china-mobileclosing-down-3g-system-complete-switch-off-expected-by-2020/; The World's Top 10 Telecommunications Companies, Investopedia (May 16, 2019), https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/030216/worlds-top-10-telecommunications-companies.asp.
- ↑ See China Mobile FY2019 Form 20-F, supra note 123, at 21; Investor Relations—Monthly Customer Data, China Mobile Limited, https://www.chinamobileltd.com/en/ir/operation_m.php.
- ↑ Investor Relations—Key Operation Data, China Mobile Limited, https://www.chinamobileltd.com/en/ir/operation_y.php?scroll2title=1. See China Mobile FY2019 Form 20-F, supra note 123, at 3.
- ↑ Application of China Mobile International (USA) Inc. for International Section 214 Authority, File No. ITC-214-20110901-00289, Attach. 2 (filed Sept. 1, 2011), https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/attachment_menu.hts?id_app_num=95289&acct=235487&id_form_num=2&filing_key=-233159; Amendment to Application of China Mobile International (USA) Inc. for International Section 214 Authority, File No. ITC-214-20110901-00289 (Jan. 30, 2015), http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/related_filing.hts?f_key=-233159&f_number=ITC2142011090100289.
- ↑ See History—About Us, China Mobile International, https://www.cmi.chinamobile.com/en/about/cmi; Global Resources—Global Footprint, China Mobile International, https://www.cmi.chinamobile.com/en/global-resources.
- ↑ See Int'l Bureau Selected Applications Listing, File No. ITC-214-20110901-00289, FED. COMMC'NS COMM'N, http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/ib/forms/reports/swr031b.hts?q_set=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number/%3D/ITC2142011090100289&prepare=&column=V_SITE_ANTENNA_FREQ.file_numberC/File+Number (listing "date filed" as September 1, 2011); Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n, Public Notice—International Applications Accepted for Filing, Report No. TEL-01519S (Sept. 16, 2011); In the Matter of China Mobile Int'l (USA) Inc., FCC No. 19-38, 34 FCC Red 3361, 3367, ¶ 4 (May 10, 2019).
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